Big Josh's best win

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by Wig, Sep 29, 2021.


Big Josh's best win

  1. Prime Andy Ruiz

  2. Prime Joseph Parker

  3. 41y/o winless in 2 years, coming off a loss, never fought again VLAD

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  1. Wig

    Wig Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Thread is about Big Josh, but Wilder's draw against Fury is arguably better than anything on AJ's ledger.
     
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  2. Jacko

    Jacko Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This is a problem in modern day boxing, and not just for heavyweights. Many boxers fight infrequently, many take the path of least resistance, opponent wise, and many try to stack certain conditions in their favour going into a fight (weight clauses, not letting their opponent use certain gloves, etc), so if you want to, you can pick many fighters CV's apart.

    Too many fans fail to remain objective and pick certain fighters CV's apart whilst failing to highlight the same problem in other fighters.
     
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  3. Jacko

    Jacko Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    All things considered, I'd go for Wlad. Wlad was old, but Joshua was in his 19th pro fight and his best win was an inexperienced Whyte.
     
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  4. Dangerwood84

    Dangerwood84 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The win against Povetkin was a beauty. Povetkin started well too and Joshua was able to reverse the momentum of the fight.
     
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  5. On The Money

    On The Money Dangerous Journeyman Full Member

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    Two 40 y/o men. Take a few years of each of them and they'd smash up Joshua.
     
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  6. Col Mortimer

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    It's got to be W/K for me IMO. That was the first time that AJ had to get his arse off the deck and show some balls, unknown territory for AJ but he proved himself mentally that night for me.

    The downside of that though was AJ was never quite the same after with his seek and destroy mental attitude.The rest is history so to speak.
     
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  7. GTFUP

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    Signing with Matchroom and Sky……….
     
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  8. UKboxingfan

    UKboxingfan Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You were talking about wins though? That was a controversial draw as well.
     
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  9. UKboxingfan

    UKboxingfan Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Exactly.
     
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  10. Furey

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    Wlad was his best win and whether he was 40 years old and on the slide or not, he was still a superb fighter who prepared well for that fight and not the 'washed up old man' that some like to spout nonsense about
     
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  11. Wig

    Wig Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Thread is about Big Josh's best win. Big Josh doesn't have a draw on his resume, you introduced Wilder to a Big Josh thread, Wilders draw against Fury is possibly a better result than anything Josh has on his ledger.
     
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  12. UKboxingfan

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    But it really isn’t. What was that draw worth if he gets smashed twice? Fury was coming off his sofa the first fight.
     
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  13. JibzBox

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    Im not a AJ fan. But the Wlad win is still a great win despite him being past his best.

    Povetkin was also a solid win despite him also not being in his prime

    Pulev however was a complete shadow of his former self. Totally past it, compared to when he won 11 out of 12 rounds against Chisora and beat Hughie Fury easily.
     
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  14. JibzBox

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    1 W Klitschko
    2 Povetkin
    3 Ruiz Jr
    4 Whyte
    5 Parker
     
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  15. Wig

    Wig Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1 W Klitschko - shot to pieces, coming off a loss, never fought again
    2 Povetkin - shot to bits
    3 Ruiz Jr - clinically obese, immobile, grinning
    4 Whyteleafe - one armed novice
    5 Parker - AJ's best win in my considered opinion
     
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